Insults are statements or expressions that are purposefully intended to berate someone and offend someone’s sentiments. Insults are meant to degrade someone and to demoralize someone to an extent that his self-esteem suffers a major blow. Several factors might trigger an insult. Generally, people involved in a dispute end up insulting each other just to vent out their frustration and anger upon each other. Moliere had once remarked, “A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behaviour is patience and moderation.”
Insults can be in terms of a verbal assault and might even lead to a physical assault if the person bearing the insult gets too much provoked and decides to cut loose. Epictetus had once said, “It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.”